What are you drinking now?

[Beermeister32]

Next up in the 6-beer Belgian pack is Augustijn Blonde, brewed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge, since 1295! Augustijn is a Belgisch Kloosterbier / Biere de Monastere Belge, which translates to this being a Belgium Montastery-brewed Beer.

Augustijn is a full bodied, 7% ABV, full flavored Blonde / Golden Ale. This is a delicious beer, reminds me a bit of some of the British Pub Ales I had earlier in the year.

This one has fantastic and long lasting head and the lacing is foamy and incredible. I think just about anyone, Newbie to Old Pro is going to like this beer, it’s super easy to drink and predictable, nothing hanging out there in the weeds, just a solid delicious Golden Ale. Dit is een geweldig bier, geniet ervan!

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

FOTD research. Crossed the border before the vacationers to hit some packys and then Spyglass

Duke Gets Lost At Sea 7% NE IPA ($3.00/$5.00/$8.00) *Cans To Go

In collaboration with Corks & Kegs, A Hazy IPA Hopped with Citra, Rakau, and Pacific Jade Hops.

Continuum 10.5% Double Barrel Aged Belgian Abbey Quad ($3.00/$6.00) *Bottles To Go

A Belgian Abbey style quadruple ale made with Belgian malts, dark candi syrup, and Styrian Golding hops aged in two types of Barrels (Maple Bourbon and Apple Brandy)



I think I've had the quad before. Just not double barrelled

And Spatial Proximity

 

[Pennine]

Keeping up the Belgian theme.While I give the homebrew a bit more time to condition.

 

[camonick]

At my dad’s helping refinish his antique pool table. Digging in his fridge and found this… no telling how long it’s been there?

 

[Rish]

Tasty malt forward spiced ale. I like it!

 

[Pennine]

A HB dark mild.

 

[cfrazier77]

Munich helles

 

[BongoYodeler]

Had a Juice Maze from Original 40 Brewery before dinner tonight.

 

[Willy]

Perfect way to celebrate a gorgeous sunny day - HB English Brown.

 

[BongoYodeler]

At North Park Beer Co. in San Diego. Drinking a hazy called Hops Are Flowers. It’s hopped with Citra, Nelson, and Riwaka.

 

[MaxStout]

Finally, some sunny wx. In the back yard gazebo with a HB Baltic porter.

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Been rainy most of the week here, oh well, we needed it. Localish hazy, pretty good, not quite as orange as the pic suggests.

 

[BongoYodeler]

One more hazy at North Park, Dream Collector, hopped with Citra, Vic Secret, Rakau, and Galaxy.

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Been pouring here for...ever... I guess we're having a "normal" spring. For the last five years I've thought about spring trout fishing but it would be floods and then straight to heat. This year it's nice, cool and wet. This week the mountains are still getting snow. Trying coordinate completing my project so I can take a week off.

Dreaming of fishing but with horrible traffic I hear Treehouse just down the street.

OT: water

 

[MaxStout]

Been pouring here for...ever... I guess we're having a "normal" spring. For the last five years I've thought about spring trout fishing but it would be floods and then straight to heat. This year it's nice, cool and wet. This week the mountains are still getting snow. Trying coordinate completing my project so I can take a week off.

Dreaming of fishing but with horrible traffic I hear Treehouse just down the street.

OT: waterView attachment 876122

Yikes, they're forecasting a nor'easter for your area. Hunker down.

 

[day_trippr]

From those forecasts you'd have thought roofs would be flying but it's not that exciting, just endless wetness mixed with unseasonable cold.
I still haven't wet a line in 2025 because it's been so friggin' cold and nasty...

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

There's a ipa in there.

 

[Rish]

Refreshing Jamaican lager.

 

[Pennine]

Best bitter, maybe borderline strong bitter.

 

[Hoochin'Fool]

Hay Bale Hazy IPA at North 20 Brewing, in Rosemount. Delicious beer, and in a beautiful spot looking out onto a huge open field with dense woodlands behind it.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Oatmeal stout

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Yikes, they're forecasting a nor'easter for your area. Hunker down.

Yup. Luckily we can handle it. Last couple of years it would head north to our mountains where they just can't handle it and get flooded.

OT: More Fotd research. Treehouse.

Nelson All the Way (L)
King Julius Coconut pineapple orange (r)

 

[Bramling Cross]

Uh oh, the keg is starting to make creaking noises, so it sounds like this'll be one of my last few pours of helles. It was a nice keg, but I'm looking forward to the German pils that is waiting patiently in the fermenter.

 

[Beermeister32]

Moving up in ABV, today’s next up is Piraat Ale. This is a 10.5% ABV Ale. I noticed on the box, all of these are what they are calling “Living Beer” due to the secondary fermentation process. I guess that means these are bottled conditioned beers, similar to a lot of craft and home brews out there.

Piraat is breed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge, Ertvelde, Belgium, since 1784.

Taste thresholds vary person to person, I’m picking up a bit of “brand new plastic food storage container” essence. Not sure why, those are usually fermentation related off-flavors, maybe another drinker might not pick it up. Of course these bottles have been shipped halfway across the globe, so all sorts of mishandling evils could have occurred from there to here.

10.5% Ales are big beers. You really need to like alcohol if you are looking for a 10.5% brew. A lot of yeast don’t even survive at those levels, or not very long anyway. I think I’m going to blend a Budweiser Zero into the back end of this to make it a bit more drinkable. OK beer otherwise!

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Blueberry wheat.

 

[Bramling Cross]

Moving up in ABV, today’s next up is Piraat Ale. This is a 10.5% ABV Ale. I noticed on the box, all of these are what they are calling “Living Beer” due to the secondary fermentation process. I guess that means these are bottled conditioned beers, similar to a lot of craft and home brews out there.

Piraat is breed by Brouwerij Van Steenberge, Ertvelde, Belgium, since 1784.

Taste thresholds vary person to person, I’m picking up a bit of “brand new plastic food storage container” essence. Not sure why, those are usually fermentation related off-flavors, maybe another drinker might not pick it up. Of course these bottles have been shipped halfway across the globe, so all sorts of mishandling evils could have occurred from there to here.

10.5% Ales are big beers. You really need to like alcohol if you are looking for a 10.5% brew. A lot of yeast don’t even survive at those levels, or not very long anyway. I think I’m going to blend a Budweiser Zero into the back end of this to make it a bit more drinkable. OK beer otherwise!

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That's a real shame to hear. Although I haven't had a Piraat in more than twenty years (and the label was way cooler back then), I certainly remember it being anything but fatiguing. Quite the opposite, in fact. That stuff was dangerously guzzle-able.

How do you say no to that?

 

[AZ Maverick]

I'm drinking homebrewed Helles from my kegerator.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

Cheers! LOA is extended to 6/12!

 

[Rish]

HB brown

 

[pshankstar]

Just a pale ale tonight.

 

[Tony B]

This is a great, local goto when you want something IPA- like with a lower abv. Coming in at a sessionable,, 5.5%
It is Magical and delicious…

 

[Rich_O]

As advertised earlier in the week, moved on to the Taiwan leg of my trip. This is the “craft IPA” in my hotel, reminiscent of goose island IPA circa 2015 in the UK (maybe a little darker), but very pleasant. Planning a visit one of the local craft breweries tomorrow.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

It's only 98rf so just one beer, well for this half hour anyway.

HB Rye IPA is still going.

 

[loganklaas]

First pour of the HB Belgian Dark Mild. Should get clearer with time.

 

[MaxStout]

That's a real shame to hear. Although I haven't had a Piraat in more than twenty years (and the label was way cooler back then), I certainly remember it being anything but fatiguing. Quite the opposite, in fact. That stuff was dangerously guzzle-able.

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How do you say no to that?

A fella could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with that.

Haven't had Piraat in years, but always thought it was kind of Duvel's big brother. Either of those beers will really creep up on you, as they go down WAY too easy.

I need to seek that out again.

 

[ThirstyPawsHB]

A fella could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with that.

Haven't had Piraat in years, but always thought it was kind of Duvel's big brother. Either of those beers will really creep up on you, as they go down WAY to easy.

I need to seek that out again.

Welp, while we're on the Piraat thing, here's my little story. Way back in the 2000s, several of us got together to do a makeshift FotD. We agreed to buy a pack then split 1 amongst ourselves. This is how we got to know different beers and beer styles relatively quickly. I bought a pack distribute. By coincidence, another dude bought a pack of Golden Monkey. This when I knew I liked these Belgians. My buddy said he took one sip and drain poured both.... uncultured swine!

That 1/2hr went by fast...

 

[MaxStout]

Welp, while we're on the Piraat thing, here's my little story. Way back in the 2000s, several of us got together to do a makeshift FotD. We agreed to buy a pack then split 1 amongst ourselves. This is how we got to know different beers and beer styles relatively quickly. I bought a pack distribute. By coincidence, another dude bought a pack of Golden Monkey. This when I knew I liked these Belgians. My buddy said he took one sip and drain poured both.... uncultured swine!

That 1/2hr went by fast...

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Yeah, Golden Monkey is another one that will catch up to you real fast.

 

[ClaudiusB]

I am celebrating the death of our least liked family member, the three-year-old washing machine.
Cheers!

 

[ClaudiusB]

It's only 98rf so just one beer, well for this half hour anyway.

HB Rye IPA is still going.
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It is cold with us too, it should have been over a 100 long time ago.

 

[MaxStout]

Out back with a HB APA.